Dead Professional, Hard Hard Hard

Hard Hard Hard, by Dead Professional (John Harouff) is the sort of record that sneaks up on you. A bass line gets lodged in your head one day; you find yourself humming along with a melody the next; the day after that a particular lyric strikes home.

For example, I was just briefly arrested by I can be your baby / or I can play the sitter from I Can Deliver, which has both sharp edges and Replacements-style catchy grooves:

Another one I’m fond of is Bad Memory, because it’s a love song, if love songs were written by sharks:

Video: Dead Professional, Downtown at Sundown

It’s a three-day weekend in America, which for me means trying really hard not to become accidentally nocturnal.

If you, too, often find yourself on the wrong side of 3AM, here is Dead Professional, aka John Harouff (The Cinnamon Band, The Union of Man and a Woman, Man Forever) with a song you can groove to while you’re up: Downtown at Sundown.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone.

 

Dead Professional - Downtown at Sundown